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J. N. HELTZEL.

CAR UNLOADING CHUTE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 29. 1915.

1,308,950. w Patented July 8, 1919.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l- J. N. HELTZEL.

CAR UNLOADINGYIHUTE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC- 29. \9|5 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

/1 I 4 M Witnesses 1m Inventor by 7317M l I Attorneys THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPHCDU WASHINGTON, D c

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JOHN 1v. nnn'rznn, or WARREN, OHIO, ASSIGNOR To 'rrr n rrnn'rznn s'rnnn FORM &" IRON 00., or WARREN, OHIO. r

GAR-UNLOADING CHUTE.

Specification of Letters Patent. I

Application filedDecember 29, 1915. Serial No. 69,234.

, sand, or the like, can be unloaded in a convenient and practical manner, the present device serving to transfer the material from the car to the wagon or other receptacle.

It is the object of the invention tov provide novel means for assembling the chute with the car for receiving the coal, sand,

"or other material, and the chute being tiltable in 'order that the material can be dumped into a wagon or other. receptacle moved below the chute. Thus, the workman can shovel the material into the chute in- I stead of the wagon, and after the chute is 4 vto receive the material dumped. from the filled, the wagon can be run below the same chute, thus saving time, and with a plurality of chutes, an even greater efliciency is obtained, since the workman can-be kept busy,

as well as the wagons. The chute. is shift- .able or movable longitudinally of the car as the car is emptied from one end or point to the other end.

The invention .includes brackets engageable in a simple yet effective manner to the side of a car, and a removable chute carried by the b1 ackets and of novel form in order that it can contain a maximum amount of material without the material falling back into the car, and the chute being'tilted with comparative ease, although it is not apt to tilt accidentally.

. -It is also within the scope of the invenefficient in. use. i

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides the. com- Patented Jay 8, 1919.

bination and arrangement of parts and the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the-invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing fromthe spirit of the invention.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein v p Figure 1 is a perspective view of the deviceas applied to a car with the chute in position to receive from the car.

-Fig. 2xis another perspectiveviewof the] the material shoveled device with.the chutev in dumpingposition.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section of. the device with the chute inposition as seeninFig- 1.

Fig. 4: is an enlarged perspective view of one of the trunnion seats or bearings..-

Fig. 5 is-a sectional view on the line 5 '-'5 of Fig. 4.

v Fig. 6 is a perspective view offthetrun nion seat or bearing detached. F1g.;7 is an elevation of he device illustrating a modification. v

and is of rhomboidal contour inside" elevation, andcomprises the sides? of rhomboidal contour, the bottom 3 and; outer inclined end 4. That, end of the bottom 3 remote from the end 4; of, the chute is turned up to provide an inclined lip 5 at the open in the chute, so that it is not liable to run Fig. 8 is a similar v1ew of thedevice delend of the chute, for retaining the material back from. the chute-into the car, thus increasing the capacity of the chute. 7

As a means for pivotally supporting the chutel from the side of a railroad car C,

two side brackets 6 are emploved. eacn em- -bodying angle iron members 7, 8 and 9, said brackets 6 being of triangular contour, and

the adjacent ends of the angle iron members'being-rigidly united by the restrictive plates 10, 11 and 12, to which said members are riveted or otherwise secured: The lower plates 11 are adapted to res'tjagainst the outside of thecar, and the plates12' above the plates 11 are provided with lower recesses 13 forming hooks engageable ;over

the upper edge of the side of the car, in order that the brackets can be dropped easily; into place upon the side of the car to remain in position, and to permit the structure to be shifted longitudinally along the car. The brackets 6 are' inclined outward away from the car, and the sides of the chute 1 are trunnioned to the plates 10 at the free ends of the brackets.

In order to trunnion the chute to the brackets, plates 15 are secured to the sides 2 of the chute and are provided with outstanding trunnions 16 having heads lT at their free ends, and plates 18 are disposed attheinner sides of the plates 10 and have their lower ends "ofiset inwardly and riveted, or otherwise secured as at 19, to theplates '10 The upper'ends of the plates 18 are'ex'tended angularly outward and are riveted or otherwise secured u onthe angle ironmembers 7, there being spaces between the plates 10 and 18. The plates 18 are provided with upwardly opening slots 21 whose upper ends terminate in the angular portions 20 and are enlarged, as at 22, for the passage of the heads 17. The slots 21 can be straight or curved, whichever is preferred, and provide'seats for the trunnions 16. In assembling the chute with the bracl rets, the. chute'is' lowered between thebracketsso thatithe heads 17 .pa'ss'downwardly through the openings or enlargements 22 of the slots '21, thus allowing the trunnions' to move downwardly in said slots "to 'seat'at the lower ends thereof. By curving or otherwise making the slots 21 irregular,'the trunnions are not as apt to be disengaged fro nthe brackets when the chute is tilted, as if the slots were made straight, but straightslots can be used if preferred.

The trunnions of the chute are located nearer the closed'end' thereof than the open 'end, whereby the center of gravity of the chute and. its contents will'lie inwardly with respect to the trunnions, to prevent the accidental tilting of the chute. yDurlng the shoveling of the material from the car into the chute, thechute is in the position illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3,"to receive the'material, and the inner open end of the chute rests upon the upper edge. of the side'of the car. After the chute is filled, it can be tilted by swinging it outwardly, so thatthe material dumped into the wagon o'rother receptacle in a quick andconvenient manner. As soon asthe chute is discharged, it is returned to receiving position without'delay. The brackets can be readily applied to and removed from. the car, and the chute can be readily assembled'withand detached from the brackets, as is "desirable. r

r The two brackets6 arepreferably united by means (of crossed braces 14: terminally secured to the lower angle iron members, al-

,.though the brackets can be independent if desired;

- the "angle of dumping.

The distance the material is discharged from the car is controlled by limiting the tilting movement of the chute, and'for this purpose, a chain or other'flexible element 23 is attached, as at 24, to the bottom of the chute, and is engageable with a hook or catch .25 attached to one of the plates 12, whereby when the chute is swung outwardly it will j almost directly downward, and if the chute is not: permitted to swing as far, the material -will 'be discharged at an angle away from the car. This'permits'the material to be properly dumped into the wagon or receptacle under various conditions.

In the modification illustrated in Fig. 7, the lower plate 11 of the bracket 6 has an adjustingscrew 12 which bears against the side ofthe car C whereby'the screw-12 can be adjusted for regulating the angle of the bracket, each of'the brackets being equipped with one of-these screws.

In the variation illustrated in Fig. 8,*tl1e lower plates 11" of the bracket 6" has a roller 26 to'bear against the exterior of the side ofthe car C, and the hookportion '12" of the bracket is providedwith a roller127 car, and isfprovided' with another roller 28 to runalong a'rail 29 applied to the interior of the car. Thestructure can therefore be "movedreasily along the side of the car. The

roller '27 is preferably flanged to. prevent the inward movement of the bracket, and the roller 28 isflanged' to engage under the rail 29 for preventing the upward movement" of the bracket, thus holding the bracket in place pro ae'rly. i

aving thus describedlthe inventiomwhat is claimed as new 1s:

1 In a device of the class described, a

2. In a device of the class describedya' pair of brackets; plates having angular parts'cooperating with the brackets, the plates havlng slots provided at their upper ends with p to seat on the upper' edge of said side of the pair of plates having recesses for receiving the side of a car; triangular outstanding frames secured to the plates and having the frames at points nearer to the outer end of the chute than to the lip.

enlargements lo'catedin the angular parts of the plates; a rocking member located be- In testimony that I claim the foregoing as tween the brackets; and trunnions on the my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature 10k sides of the rocking member, the trunnions in the presence of two witnesses. being j ournaled in the slots and being movable downwardly into the slots, the trun- JOHN L nions having enlarged heads movable down- Witnesses: wardly through the enlargements to occupy F. I. GILLMER,

a position behind the plates. MARY E. TREAT.

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